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Healthy people who regularly smoked marijuana or consumed THC-laced edibles showed signs of early cardiovascular disease similar to tobacco smokers, a new small study found.

Whether or not marijuana advertising is allowed on a website will depend on the website's audience.

Legalization is pushing community mental health to the brink.

Attractively marketed, low priced and high-potency marijuana appeals to kids who think it’s safe to use, but it also poses serious mental health risks, including psychosis, for young users.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Virginia leads the nation in the percentage decline in drug overdose deaths between November 2023 and November 2024.

A study from researchers at the Creighton University School of Medicine found that lung cancer patients who smoked marijuana and tobacco were diagnosed with the condition 2.8 years earlier than those who smoked tobacco but not marijuana.

Pulitzer Center grantee Elyse Wild shared her Pulitzer project on the opioid crisis in Native American communities with South Dakota State University students, faculty, and staff.

In 2000, drug addiction was the cause of only about 15% of foster care entrances. By 2017, that percentage had grown to 36%.

Growing up, Massachusetts teen Becca Schmill loved reading. She would often stay up past her bedtime reading a “Harry Potter” book with a flashlight. 

Cases of fentanyl poisoning in children across the U.S. have been steadily increasing for most of the past decade, according to a [March 2025] study.